Ypsilanti’s iconic water tower will be lit with blue lights on Monday as part of the international ”Light It Up Blue” autism awareness campaign, according to a report in The Detroit News. The article also reports that Sally Burton-Hoyle, a special education professor and autism expert at Eastern Michigan University, was appointed last week to serve on a national advisory committee focusing on families that are dealing with autism. [Source]

MICATS (Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands) is reporting that two of its protesters have been arrested for locking their necks with bicycle U-locks to pipeline construction trucks being used for the Enbridge Line 6B pipeline expansion. [Source]

In a roundup of the lineup for the Aug. 5, 2014 primary elections, we overstated by one year Ward 5 councilmember Chuck Warpehoski’s length of service as a council representative on the city’s environmental commission. He served in that capacity during his first year on the council. We note the error here and have corrected the original article.